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FWN 196
Le Golfe de Marseille vu de l'Estaque
c.1885
Alternate titles: L'Estaque; L'Estaque und die Reede von Marseille; Landscape at Estaque; Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque; Paysage à l'Estaque; The Bay of Marseille Seen from L'Estaque; The Gulf of Marseille see from L'Estaque; The Gulf of Marseille, seen from L'Estaque
Rewald (626): c.1885; Venturi revised: c.1890; Venturi (493): 1886–90; Ratcliffe: either November 1883–February 1884 or early 1885
Oil on canvas
31 5/8 x 39 5/8 in. (80.2 x 100.6 cm)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Cornelis Hoogendijk, Amsterdam
Paul Rosenberg, Paris (1920)
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson, Chicago;
The Art Institute of Chicago (1933)
Exhibition History
1911 Amsterdam
Moderne Kunstkring, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Internationale tentoonstelling van moderne kunst, October 6–November 5, 1911, no number, Hoogendijk collection.
1929 New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The museum's first loan exhibition: Cézanne, Gauguin, Seurat, van Gogh, November 8–December 7, 1929, no. 18, ill., as Landscape at Estaque, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson Collection.
1933b Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–November 1, 1933, no. 309, ill., (dated c. 1886–88), lent by Art Institute.
1934 Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, A Century of Progress: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures, June 1–November 1, 1934, no. 293, (dated c. 1886–88), as L'Estaque, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago.
1934 Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne, November–December 1934, no. 26, (dated c. 1886–88), as L'Estaque, lent by The Art Institute of Chicago.
1952 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cézanne: Paintings, Watercolors & Drawings, A Loan Exhibition, February 7–March 16, 1952, no. 50, ill. lent by Chicago. Traveled to: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 1–May 16, 1952.
1971 Washington, D.C. and traveling
Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Cézanne: An Exhibition in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Phillips Collection, February 27–March 28, 1971, no. 21. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, April 17–May 16, 1971; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, June 1–July 3, 1971.
1984–85 Los Angeles and traveling
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the French Landscape, June 28–September 16, 1984, no. 129, ill., as Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque, 1886-90, lent by Art Institute of Chicago. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, October 23, 1984–January 6, 1985; Grand Palais, Paris, February 4–April 22, 1985 (L’Impressionnisme et le paysage français, see 1985a Paris).
1985a Paris
Grand Palais, Paris, L’Impressionnisme et le paysage français, February 4–April 22, 1985, no. 129, ill., as Le Golfe de Marseille vu de l'Estaque, 1886-90.
1990 Edinburgh
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Cézanne and Poussin: The Classical Vision in Landscape, August 9–October 21, 1990, no. 45, ill.
1995–96 Paris and traveling
Grand Palais, Paris, Cézanne, September 26, 1995–January 14, 1996, no. 114, ill. Traveled to: Tate Gallery, London, February 8–April 28, 1996; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, May 26–September 1, 1996.
1998 St. Petersburg and traveling
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, Cézanne and the Russian Avant-Garde, August 9–September 24, 1998, no. 20, ill., (dated c. 1885–86). Traveled to: Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, October 15–November 18, 1998 (exhibition catalogue in Russian; text by Albert Kostenevich).
2006 Washington, D.C. and traveling
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006, no. 48, ill. Traveled to: Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, June 9–September 17, 2006.
2006–07 New York and traveling
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, September 14, 2006–January 7, 2007, no. 37, fig. 7, pp. 8, 340, as Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque. Traveled to: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, February 17–May 13, 2007; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, June 19–September 16, 2007.
2008 Fort Worth
Kimbell Museum of Art, Fort Worth, Texas, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008, no. 63, ill.
2009 Philadelphia
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Cézanne and Beyond, February 26–May 17, 2009, pl. 197, p. 502, as Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque.
2022–23 Chicago and traveling
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Cezanne, May 15–September 5, 2022, no. 79, ill. Traveled to: Tate Moderrn, London, October 6, 2022–March 12, 2023.
Published References
Gasquet 1920
Gasquet, Joachim. "Ce qu'il m'a dit … Le motif." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 263, as Paysage à l'Estaque.
Fontainas and Vauxcelles 1922
Fontainas, André and Louis Vauxcelles. "Paul Cézanne." Histoire générale de l'art français de la Révolution à nos jours: la peinture, la gravure, le dessin. Paris: Librairie de France, 1922, ill. p. 235, as Paysage à l'Estaque.
Rich 1930
Rich, Daniel C. "Poussin and Cézanne." Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago 24, no. 9 (December 1930), pp. 114–17, ill.
Bulliet 1933
Bulliet, Clarence Joseph. Art masterpieces in a Century of Progress, vol. I. Chicago: North-Mariano Press, 1933, pl. 91.
Bulliet 1936
Bulliet, Clarence Joseph. The Significant Moderns and Their Pictures. New York: Covici, 1936, pl. 14.
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 493, ill. vol. II, as Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque.
Rewald 1936c
Rewald, John. "Sources d'inspiration de Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 17, no. 5 (May 1936), fig. 105 p. 195, as L'Estaque, c. 1878 (with photograph of motif, fig. 102; erroneously listed as belonging to Metropolitan Museum).
Rewald 1936e
Rewald, John. Cézanne et Zola. Paris: Editions A. Sedrowski, 1936, fig. 50.
Dorival 1948
Dorival, Bernard. Cézanne. Paris: Pierre Tisné, 1948, pl. 77, listed p. 157.
Schapiro 1952a
Schapiro, Meyer. Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, pp. 62–63, ill.
Schapiro 1952b
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1952, p. 13.
Uchida 1960
Uchida, Sono. Cézanne. Tokyo: Misuzu-Shobo, 1960, p. 43, ill.
Art Institute of Chicago 1961
Paintings in The Art Institute of Chicago: A Catalogue of the Picture Collection. Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1961, p. 72, ill. p. 291, as The Gulf of Marseille, seen from L'Estaque.
Novotny 1961
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 22.
Arnason 1968
Arnason, H. Harvard. History of Modern Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Photography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1968, p. 35, pl. 13.
D'Harnoncourt 1971
D'Harnoncourt, Anne. "The Necessary Cézanne." Art Gallery 14, no. 6 (April 1971), p. 40, ill.
Schapiro 1973
Schapiro, Meyer. Paul Cézanne. Translated by Louis-Marie Ollivier. Paris: Nouvelles Editions Françaises, 1973, p. 9 and pl. 23 (with comments).
Venturi 1978
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne. Geneva: Skira, 1978, p. 90, ill. and p. 91 (detail).
Arrouye 1982a
Arrouye, Jean. La Provence de Cézanne. Aix-en-Provence: Edisud, 1982, p. 85, ill.
Thomson 1983
Thomson, Belinda. The Post-Impressionists. London: Phaidon Press, 1983, pl. 65.
Prati 1985
Prati, Xavier, ed. L'Estaque au temps des peintres, 1870–1914. Marseille: Association College-quartier, 1985, p. 49, ill.
Rewald 1986b
Rewald, John. Cézanne: A Biography. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1986, p. 154, ill.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 135, ill.
Verdi 1992
Verdi, Richard. Cézanne. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 1992, p. 127, fig. 104.
Henkels 1993
Henkels, Herbert. "Cézanne en Van Gogh in het Rijksmuseum voor Moderne Kunst in Amsterdam: De collectie van Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866–1911)." Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum 41, nos. 3–4 (1993), fig. 94.
Cahn 1995b
Cahn, Isabelle. Paul Cézanne. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 1995, p. 65, ill.
Rewald 1996
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 626, ill. vol. 2 and p. 57, ill. col. vol. 1, as Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque.
Monod-Fontaine 1998
Monod-Fontaine, Isabelle. "Georges Braque. 'Krug und Violine' – der löchrige Grund." In Cézanne, Picasso, Braque: Der Beginn des kubistischen Stillebens. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz. Exhibition catalogue, p. 102, fig. 2.
Lewis 2000
Lewis, Mary Tompkins. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 2000, p. 218, fig. 132.
Société Paul Cézanne 2005
Société Paul Cézanne. P. Cézanne: Les sites provençaux. Edited by Pavel Machotka. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2005, p. 21, ill., with contemporary photo of motif, p. 20, as Le Golfe de Marseille vu de l'Estaque.
Feilchenfeldt 2005c
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézannes Motive: Versuch einer neuen Ordnung." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel, Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 210, ill.
Riley 2006
Riley, Bridget. "Cézanne in Provence." The Burlington Magazine 148, no. 1242 (September 2006), pp. 624-25, fig. 49, as The Gulf of Marseille see from L'Estaque.
Machotka 2008
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: The Eye and the Mind, 2 vols. Marseille: Editions Crès, 2008, vol. 1, fig. 168; vol. 2, p. 123, as Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque.
Sachs 2009b
Sachs, Katherine. "Cézanne and Marden: The Almost Perfect Painting." In Cézanne and Beyond. Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art; New Haven: In association with Yale University Press, 2009. Exhibition catalogue, p. 502, pl. 197, as The Bay of Marseille Seen from L'Estaque.
Coutagne 2011d
Coutagne, Denis. Cézanne abstraction faite. Paris: Les Editions du Cerf, 2011, p. 171, fig. 113.
Blanc 2013
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Estaque, Art et Patrimoine, Chronique d'une double histoire. Gémenos: Groupe Horizon, 2013, p. 197, ill.
Coutagne 2013a
Coutagne, Denis. "Courbet/Cézanne, La vérité en peinture." In Courbet/Cézanne, La vérité en peinture. Lyon: Fage éditions, 2013. Exhibition catalogue, p. 27, fig. 1.
Machotka 2014
Machotka, Pavel. Cézanne: Landscape into Art. Prague: Arbor Vitae, 2014, p. 97, fig. 30b, with color photo of motif, fig. 30a, as Le Golfe de Marseille, vu de L'Estaque.
Inaga, Shigemi 2015
Inaga, Shigemi. "Between Revolutionary and Oriental Sage: Paul Cézanne in Japan." Japan review: Journal of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies 28 (2015:), p. 138, fig. 6.
Mitterand 2016
Mitterand, Henri. Paul Cézanne, Émile Zola, Lettres croisées, 1858–1887. Paris: Gallimard, 2016, fig. 15.
Armstrong 2018
Armstrong, Carol. Cézanne's Gravity. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2018, fig. 117.
Blanc 2019
Blanc, Geneviève. L'Oeuvre de Cezanne à L'Estaque, Huiles – Aquarelles – Dessins, 1864–1885. Marseille: Éditions Gaussen, 2019, fig. 127 (discussion pp. 109–115), as Le Golfe de Marseille vu de l'Estaque (with photographs of the otif and a diagram identifying the various tile factories in the painting, figs. 128–129).
Blanc 2020
Blanc, Geneviève. Et si L'Estaque m'était contée? [privately published], 2020, p. 189, ill. with a diagram identifying the individual buildings.
Janssen and van Faassen 2021
Janssen, Hans, and Sjoerd van Faassen. [no title]. In Cezanne to Malevich, Arcadia to Abstraction. Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts, 2021. Exhibition catalogue, fig. 6.
Le Golfe de Marseille vu de l'Estaque, c.1885 (FWN 196). Site identified by Xavier Prati and Georges Reynaud.
Site identified by Xavier Prati and Georges Reynaud.
Photo: Pavel Machotka, 2005; © Courtesy Pavel Machotka Archive

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Record last updated October 20, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Le Golfe de Marseille vu de l'Estaque, c.1885 (FWN 196)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=608 (accessed on March 28, 2024).